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Tochigi City [Tochigi prefecture Japan]

栃木市

image by Tomislav Šipek, 28 July 2014

The Flag
Previous Flag
Fujioka
Iwafune
Nishikata
Ohira
Tsuga

See also:

Tochigi Prefecture

The Flag

Tochigi city in Tochigi adopted its flag on September 1st 1975.
proportion: 2:3
field: purple
emblem: white
size of emblem is 1/3 of width using two pieces of dried bonito.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 November 2005

From the Tochigi city website:

The emblem is comprised of two crosses,a vertical cross and a diagonal cross. The vertical cross represents the Chinese character for ten or "toh". The diagonal cross is a symbol found on the roof of Shinmei Shrine and is called "chigi".
There are ten "chigi" on the shrine, thus resulting in the name of our city, "Tochigi".

Phil Nelson, 24 August 2006

The purple flag with a white emblem was abolished. The new emblem and the flag were adopted on Oct 2nd 2010 by Notice No 409 and 410. The white flag has a green, a blue and an orange three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized hiragana と　To of Tochigi. The four green lines stands for a nature, a history, a district and the people, the blue color for stream of rivers, the orange color for a bright future and a passion of the people. The flag proportion is 2: 3.
Source: http://www1.g-reiki.net/tochigi/reiki_honbun/r390RG00000867.html
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 June 2014

The flag of the city of Tochigi is white with mark.
Source: http://www.city.tochigi.lg.jp/hp/page000011000/hpg000010307.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 28 July 2014

In 2010, the City absorbed towns of Fujioka, Ohira and Tsuga
In 2011, the City absorbed town of Nishikata
In 2014, the City absorbed town of Iwafune
Tomislav Šipek, 28 July 2014

The city emblem and the flag were adopted on Oct 2nd 2010 by Notice No 409 and 410. The white flag has a green, a blue, and an orange three color city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized hiragana と　To of Tochigi. The green four lines stand for the nature, the history, the region and the people, the blue color for a stream of a big river, the orange circle for a bright future and the passion of the people. It represents an image of the city which inherits the history and connects to the future. The flag proportion is 2: 3. The height of the emblem is 4/6 of the height of the flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 29 July 2014

Previous Flag

image by Eugene Ipavec, 23 November 2005

Fujioka Town / 藤岡町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 July 2014

The flag of former town of Fujioka was purple with mark. The town is now, from 2010, part ot the city of Tochigi.
Source: http://www.tochigi-tv.jp/news2/?date=2010-3-16
Tomislav Šipek, 29 July 2014

Ohira Town / 大平町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 July 2014

The flag of former town of Ohira was white with mark. The town is now, from 2010, part od the city of Tochigi.
Sources: http://suzukitoshimi.blog13.fc2.com/blog-entry-4.html
http://warp.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/997676/www.town.ohira.tochigi.jp/taiwa/top.html
Tomislav Šipek, 29 July 2014